Abstract
This paper aims to present the construction and development of a cognitive task located in the problematic area of language understanding, which is an alternative methodology to capture the self-regulatory process during the reading of a narrative text. From the functional perspective, the task leads to the detection and correction of errors semantic, syntactic and pragmatic on the part of whoever is running. The psychometric task with great fortitude (Cronbach's alpha .820) entered in the paradigm of contradiction arose from the interest in building tools valid and reliable measurement also constitute alternative methodologies for the development of cognitive skills and metacognitive skills crucial in understanding narrative textsThis journal is registered under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License. Thus, this work may be reproduced, distributed, and publicly shared in digital format, as long as the names of the authors and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana are acknowledged. Others are allowed to quote, adapt, transform, auto-archive, republish, and create based on this material, for any purpose (even commercial ones), provided the authorship is duly acknowledged, a link to the original work is provided, and it is specified if changes have been made. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana does not hold the rights of published works and the authors are solely responsible for the contents of their works; they keep the moral, intellectual, privacy, and publicity rights. Approving the intervention of the work (review, copy-editing, translation, layout) and the following outreach, are granted through an use license and not through an assignment of rights. This means the journal and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana cannot be held responsible for any ethical malpractice by the authors. As a consequence of the protection granted by the use license, the journal is not required to publish recantations or modify information already published, unless the errata stems from the editorial management process. Publishing contents in this journal does not generate royalties for contributors.